To sin by silence when we should protest,
Makes cowards of men. The human race
Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised
Against injustice, ignorance, and lust,
The inquisition yet would serve the law,
And guillotines decide our least dispute.


Poems of Problems (1914)

Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

To sin by silence when we should protest, Makes cowards of men. The human race Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised Against injustice,...

To sin by silence when we should protest, Makes cowards of men. The human race Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised Against injustice,...

To sin by silence when we should protest, Makes cowards of men. The human race Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised Against injustice,...

To sin by silence when we should protest, Makes cowards of men. The human race Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised Against injustice,...